|  | 7.5 | Monitoring and Managing an IPX Network
| 7.5.7 | Using the privileged IPX ping command

Cisco IOS software provides an IPX version of the ping command to aid in network troubleshooting. The ping command enables network administrators to verify that a particular node is capable of responding to network requests. This feature helps determine whether a physical path exists through a station that is causing network problems. IPX ping is a Novell standard and can be used with Novell clients and servers and network devices. To check host reachability and network connectivity, use the ping in privileged EXEC command mode. The full syntax of the command is: ping [ipx] [network.node] The information in the table is a description of the parameters used in this command. The privileged ping command provides a complete ping facility for users who have system privileges. The privileged ping command works only on Cisco routers running IOS Release 8.2 or later. Novell IPX devices do not respond to this command. You cannot ping a router from itself. To abort a ping session, type the escape sequence. By default, this is Ctrl-^-X or Ctrl-shift 6-X. You enter this by simultaneously pressing the Ctrl, Shift, and 6 keys, letting go, and then pressing the X key. The information in the table describes the test characters displayed in ping responses. The sample display in this example shows input to and output from the privileged ping command.